Improvement in sheep-sheahing table



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Letters Patent No. 100.170, dated February 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHEEP-SHEARING- TABLE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known 4that I, JOSEPH R. MARSHALL, ofMarion, in the county of Butler, and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and improved Sheepshearing Table; and I do hereby declarethat the fol- Lnving is a full, clear, and exactI description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 i s a longitudinal vertical section showing the sheep sittingup, and

Figure 2 is a plan view, showing the sheep turned down on its side.

This invention has for its object-to securely hold sheep during theprocess of shearing. y

The invention consists of a pivoted frame, provided with stocks forconfining the sheeps legs and a strap for sustaining its weight, andcapable of holding the sheep in an upright position on its posterior, orin a recumbent post-ure ou its side, and connected with a folding andcoi-ding apparatus for bundling tbe fleece.

A is a box or flame, to the top of which. is fastened a shelf, a,covering about half the box.

B is a bar set in bearings b b' at its ends, transversely of theuncovered part of the box, and about at the middle thereof'.

B is a bar fixed iu the box beneath the rotating bar B and paralleltherewith.

A sliding post, (l, is placed in mortises in the bars B B', at rightangles. therewith, and near the shelfa.

A second post, O', is stepped in the bar B near its opposite end, andparallel with the post C.

A sliding cross-bar, c, connects the two posts O O'.

On the cross-bars caud B are stocks c' c', for confining the aniinalslegs in any suitable manner.

While shearingthe head and upper parts of the body,

the sheep is held upright on its posterior bythe stocks and frame.

A strap, c", passed under the sheep and b uttoned at its ends to thepost C sustains the animals weight.

\Vhen it becomes necessary to turn the sheep down upon its side, inorder to shearits rear parts, it is only necessary to raise the post Cout of the lower crossbar B', when the frame may be readily turned downon the bar B as a pivot.

A hole, e, is cut through the shelf a, immediately beneath the animal,for its excretions to pass through,

so that the operators may avoid besmearing.

Two reels, h h, are placed on a shaft, h', beneath the shelfa, on whichare wound cords, which are laid parallel across the shelf, one at eachside of the sheep.

A wool-keeper, h", of bent wire is laid on the cords on whichwool-keepers the eece is wound by hand, as it is taken from the animal.IVheu the keeper is full, the cords are tied around the fleece, thekeeper is withdrawn, and the fleece is ready for transportation.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure ters Patent, isl 1. Thepivoted frame B O O' c, the stocks c', and

by Letbox A, combined and arranged substantially as and' for the purposeset forth.

2. The box A, shelf, a, reels h, and keeper h", all combined andarranged substantially as and for the purpose explained. v

v3. The box A, shelf a, pivoted frame B C C c, and stocks, all combinedand arranged substantially in the manner described.

JOSEPH R. MARSHALL.

Witnesses:

WM. FLEMING, A. M. BARBER.

